Improved window clothes-drier



W. POWERS.

WINDOW CLOTHES URIBE.

No. 37,359J Patented Jan. 6, 18613.

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WESLEY POWERS, OFPRESTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED WINDOW' CLOTHES-Dalen.

Specification forming part otLetters Patent No. 37,359., dated January 6, l863.

To all whoml it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY POWERS, ot Preston, in the county of Ghenango and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Window- Glothes-Drier; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part lot" this specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizon tal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of' the extension bar or bolt which secures the clothes-drier to a window.

Similar letters of reference in the three 'views indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is a clothesdrier of that class which can be fastened in a window, and which alord the opportunity for hanging up and drying a large quantity of clothes in the open air without leaving the room or house. Y

The invention consists in the arrangement of a vertical swivel-bar provided at its ends with gudgeons which tit into sockets, one in the window-sill and the other in a cross-bar secured in the casing of the window, in combination with a series. `oi' armshavin g lines at-` tached to them and fitting into mortises in the swivel-bar in such a manner that said arms, together with the lines attached to them, can be drawn in one after the other'by revolving the swivel-bar, and when the clothes are hung VVon the 'lines pushed out again, and thus the Vhangin g up of the clothes can be accomplished all, or nearly so,inside the room or house7 and without the necessity ot' extending the arms or any other part of the body out of the window.

The invention consists, further, in the combination, with the swivel-bar and .linecarrying arms, of an extension-bar arranged in such a manner that the clothesedrier ycan be readily adapted to .windows of dil'erent width.

It consists, linally, in the arrangement of a movable stop in combination with the swivelbar and window-casing,in such .a manner that the s\vivel-bar, with the line-carrying arms, can be fastened and prevented from, swaying about when vtheclothes are hung to the lines, or released when itis desired to draw in the arms.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

Arepresents a swivel-bar, made of wood o'r any other suitable material, and provided with two gudgeons, a a, -on each end.- The gudgeon a is stepped in a socket, at, made in the window-sill7 and the gudgeon a has its bearing in a crossbar, B, which is'secured at the proper height in the casing of the window at such a distance from the sashes that both, or. at least one, sash can be raised and loweredl without obstructions. lt'. the` wooden sillot' the window-casing projects out far enough to receive the socket ai, a metal plate, a, is secured to the same, as shown in` Fig. 1 of the drawings. This metal plate can be dispensed with if the socket has to bemade in the stone sill. The cross-bar B, a front elevationof which is shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings,is secured to the window-casing by means of mortises b, which retain the end of said .han It the bar is made to tit a particular window, a slidingbolt may be secured to one or both ends,so that by the action ot' such bolt or bolts the bar can be fastened or unfastened. I prefer, however, to construct the bar of two parts, which are fastened together by setscrews b', fitting into slots bi, so that by driving the two partsl in or out the length of the bar can be decreased or increased, and thus readily adapted tothe width of different windows. The swivel-bar A is perforated with'a series of mortises, c, to receive the sliding arm G, and said mortises are so arranged in relation to each other that the arms, whenin position, stand at angles of about thirty degrees toward each other, as shown in Fig. 2. It is obvious, however,that the number4 -of arms may be increased or diminished at pleasure.

'lo the outer end of each' ofthe arms C a .cr'ossbaig d, is attached, and lines e pass through holes f near tothe inner ends of the arms and through holes at or near the ends of `the cross-bar', 'as clearly shown in the drawings. The outer ends of the arms G pass clear through the cross-bar d andV project beyond their outer surfaces, so that those portions of the lines which extend along the outer surfaces ofthe cross-bars are kept oft' sufficiently' far to permit of introducing small articlessuchas handkerchiefs or stockings-and, in order'to make it still more conve-nient, small pieces of Wood may be lattached to the crossbars under the lines, for the purpose of keeping them oft' throughout from the surfaces of said cross-bars. The arms C are made to slide casily in the mortiscs c, so that they can be pushed out to the position shown in black outlines in Fig. 2, or drawn in one after the other to' the position shown in red outlines. If one ot' the arms is drawn into this latter position, the whole of the line attached to it, or nearly so, is inside the room or house, and the clothes can be hung on the same with the greatest ease and convenience, and after the clothes have been properly secured'to the line the arm, together with the clothes, is pushed out,

' the swivel-baris turned, the next arm is drawn in and filled with clothes, and so forth, until all the clothes are hung up or all the'arms are lled. To prevent the swivel swaying to and fro when., .the arms are filled with clothes a stop, g, is introduced into the lowest mortise, ci". This stop consists simply of a bar which is sprung over the edges of the window-casing, as clearly shown in 111' g. 2, and which can readily be withdrawn whenever it is desired to revolve the swivel-bar and to .take in the clothes. The swivel-bar A and arms C are so situated that the window can be closed when the arms' are pushedoult to their extreme position, sc that no inconvenience arises to the persons living in the house or room during the time the-clothesdrier 1s in use.' When not used, the lines are unfastened and, the arms C made cheap, its operation is easy and readily. comprehended' by persons of ordinary capacity,

and all'its parts arcso constructed that they do not easily get out of order, and it can readily be adapted to windows of diiiercnt size and construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--' 1. The arrangementof a swivel'bar, A, sc-

cured by means of gudgeons a a.' tothe casing ot a window, in combination wit-h sliding arms C,l provided with lines e, all constructed and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described. n

2'. The combination and arrangement of the swivel-bar A, line-carrying,` arms C, extensionbar B, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The arrangement and combination of the swivelbars A, line-carrying arms lC,and movable stop g, as and for the purpose set forth.

A WESLEYPOWERS.

Witnesses: f

WM. W. CLARK, DEWrTT C. CRUMB, 

